Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 63
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permission being given by a majority vote of the house. No standing
committee or subcommittee shall conduct its meeting on the floor of the
house or in the house chamber while the house is in session, but shall, if
given permission to meet while the house is in session, retire to a designated
committee room for the conduct of its meeting.
Sec. 10. PURPOSES FOR MEETING. A committee or a subcommittee
may be assembled for:
(1) a public hearing where testimony is to be heard, and where
official action may be taken, on bills, resolutions, or other matters;
(2) a formal meeting where the committee may discuss and take
official action on bills, resolutions, or other matters without testimony; and
(3) a work session where the committee may discuss bills,
resolutions, or other matters but take no formal action.
Sec. 11. POSTING NOTICE. (a) No committee or subcommittee,
including a calendars committee, shall assemble for the purpose of a public
hearing during a regular session unless notice of the hearing has been posted
in accordance with the rules at least five calendar days in advance of the
hearing. No committee or subcommittee, including a calendars committee,
shall assemble for the purpose of a public hearing during a special session
unless notice of the hearing has been posted in accordance with the rules at
least 24 hours in advance of the hearing. The committee minutes shall reflect
the date of each posting of notice. Notice shall not be required for a public
hearing on a senate bill which is substantially the same as a house bill that
has previously been the subject of a duly posted public hearing by the
committee.
(b) No committee or subcommittee, including a calendars committee, shall
assemble for the purpose of a formal meeting or work session during a regular
or special session unless written notice has been posted and transmitted to
each member of the committee two hours in advance of the meeting or an
announcement has been filed with the journal clerk and read by the reading
clerk while the house is in session.
(c) All committees meeting during the interim for the purpose of a
formal meeting, work session, or public hearing shall post notice in
accordance with the rules and notify members of the committee at least five
calendar days in advance of the meeting.
Sec. 12. MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. All meetings of a
committee or subcommittee, including a calendars committee, shall be open
to other members, the press, and the public unless specifically provided
otherwise by resolution adopted by the house. However, the general
investigating committee or a committee considering an impeachment, an
address, the punishment of a member of the house, or any other matter of a
quasi-judicial nature may meet in executive session for the limited purpose
of examining a witness or deliberating, considering, or debating a decision,
but no decision may be made or voted on except in a meeting that is open
to the public and otherwise in compliance with the rules of the house.
Sec. 13. RULES GOVERNING OPERATIONS. (a) The Rules of
Procedure of the House of Representatives, and to the extent applicable, the
rules of evidence and procedure in the civil courts of Texas, shall govern theThursday, January 14, 1999
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1999; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth97442/m1/67/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.